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From: Gerhard Wesp (gwesp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-09 12:27:33
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 06:04:31PM +0200, Tobias Schwinger wrote:
> The code is more readable and more flexible. You don't have to be afraid
> to break things when you change the type of a varaible, it either just
I'm not convinced. What if you change a and b from "heavyweight"
integer to built-in integer? Then the semantics of the your example
change:
rational c = a / b // where a and b are integers a=1 b=2
c will then be zero.
Regards,
-Gerhard
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